TY - CHAP U1 - Buchbeitrag A1 - Gillani, Syed Afraz A1 - Bo, Lin A1 - Elema, David T1 - Applied Market Research for German SMEs in Africa T2 - Boachie-Mensah, Munyoki, Scheuer (Eds.): Handbook of Applied Market Research and Personnel Services at Universities N2 - The main objective of this chapter is to give insights into how H-BRS as a German University of Applied Sciences supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in exploring African markets. The university achieves this objective by engaging its Bachelor and Master level students in applied market research. Students engage in this research as part of their final thesis writing. This chapter lays out a process for successful marketing research projects for German SMEs in nine steps. Y1 - 2018 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-43110 SN - 978-3-96043-065-0 SB - 978-3-96043-065-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-065-0_5 DO - https://doi.org/10.18418/978-3-96043-065-0_5 SP - 48 EP - 61 ER -